PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Dignissim lorem nobis dolores dolor nibh vero dolor sanctus et. Sit takimata sea magna diam eu lorem dolor elitr vero elitr duo et luptatum vero et ipsum liber et. Amet sanctus invidunt augue eos diam magna et ipsum sed consetetur amet vel aliquyam stet volutpat rebum. Sadipscing ut voluptua accumsan est vero duis magna velit invidunt eum consetetur diam aliquyam sanctus est gubergren at et. No facilisis sit autem lorem. Labore voluptua placerat justo cum sanctus sanctus aliquyam at ipsum dolor. Dolor kasd dolor.
Nibh erat iusto consequat stet eum nonumy et et eirmod qui vero dolore sit autem vero sed in. Magna luptatum consequat ipsum tempor sit tempor sea. Dolore tation sea sadipscing duo lorem sanctus zzril amet diam lorem dolor ipsum lorem clita in sanctus accusam. Eirmod accusam ipsum amet lorem duo invidunt vel erat clita invidunt. Diam dolor dolore ullamcorper hendrerit eos in tincidunt nibh. Labore commodo stet invidunt et dolore praesent ea consetetur dolore laoreet iusto in.
Sample Output H3
Amet takimata nonummy et sadipscing sed eirmod voluptua vero duis et amet veniam nostrud qui delenit. Labore lorem diam magna erat duo. Eu diam diam dolores lorem stet in sed dignissim sanctus elitr et et et molestie sit erat eos laoreet. Sit erat sanctus sit sadipscing velit at tempor dolor sit facer justo facilisi. Illum ea rebum et accusam sadipscing vero vero lorem labore et. Et tation dolore aliquam exerci dolores vulputate at dolore kasd accusam.
Amet nonumy eleifend tempor vero odio vero nibh odio ut et tempor gubergren sit dolores ea facilisis sanctus. Dolor eirmod et invidunt lorem. Eirmod diam consequat eu diam aliquam sed justo nonummy lorem est mazim esse elitr minim sit sed dolor magna. Sit ea labore ut laoreet takimata tincidunt. Vero clita luptatum.
Sample Output H4
Accusam clita ex iriure sadipscing. Lorem consetetur invidunt dolor dolor. Vero dolor ea stet est no vel liber kasd et sea est nonumy takimata odio lorem clita nulla. Erat blandit diam soluta est clita consectetuer invidunt et sed adipiscing molestie dolor. Clita rebum vulputate no odio accusam gubergren. Et lorem est kasd amet sanctus ut vero lorem consequat tincidunt dolor eum veniam aliquyam tempor feugait sit. Vero euismod hendrerit amet luptatum voluptua blandit sed sadipscing dolor diam sed tempor labore option.
Nihil consetetur et rebum amet ut. Ut sanctus et. Wisi labore amet blandit lorem nobis consequat clita takimata aliquam justo accumsan doming erat elitr. Rebum vero est duo consetetur. Kasd nulla minim esse vero accumsan dolor dolores diam no vero at diam gubergren dolor diam nam lorem dolores. Sit gubergren ut aliquyam accusam labore sea tempor kasd amet dolor magna duo tation molestie in dolor. Eros diam kasd possim duis rebum. Nonumy ipsum et dolor iriure tempor et qui sanctus clita.
Sample Output H4
Kasd sit sed commodo rebum facilisi ea sea in et luptatum in kasd in. Vero in te et eu sadipscing. Dolor dolore at ut molestie sea option. Dolore rebum ea at te lobortis ipsum amet. Ipsum elit sanctus eos kasd clita kasd in est consequat nulla aliquyam dolor voluptua nulla. Iusto amet no facilisis rebum est takimata diam lorem aliquyam dolor at qui. Aliquyam voluptua erat vel. Dolor ullamcorper ea et feugiat autem consetetur. Quod takimata option wisi nonummy takimata ut tempor augue. Duo et in iusto erat et ut dolores invidunt et diam ipsum volutpat.
Ad ullamcorper labore lobortis takimata doming euismod invidunt in. Magna volutpat ea consetetur duo ut diam dolor dolore gubergren commodo lorem consequat. Sed labore ipsum aliquyam et ullamcorper diam no veniam dolore ea et. Ipsum diam dolore at ipsum stet diam nonummy elitr et eos ut accusam invidunt duo adipiscing eum. Ad no at dolores vero eos eirmod ea et gubergren clita ipsum et aliquyam dolore aliquam te.
Sample Output H3
Dolore duis augue ut amet ipsum rebum et clita illum clita est suscipit et vel aliquam kasd te magna. Erat voluptua labore. Aliquyam et eos tempor duis tempor dolor dolor liber adipiscing takimata nisl et vel. Duo nostrud takimata tempor no diam esse dolore ad invidunt gubergren. Vero euismod gubergren ex quis magna consetetur erat cum dolor diam augue. Dolore tation amet eos ea rebum. Et et vel eos veniam magna possim. Et consetetur facilisi sit praesent dolor sed ea labore. Minim aliquam sed euismod et vero diam sed clita dolore et tempor congue commodo sanctus sed. Velit magna consetetur eirmod invidunt.
Dolor et dolor voluptua amet clita. Te nihil velit dolores accumsan. Sit labore lobortis in labore amet takimata blandit eirmod no diam consetetur dolore et. Qui feugiat aliquyam consetetur sit consequat iusto erat accusam odio eirmod ex. Sit no vero ea sit sed stet nonumy facilisi lorem est. Et accusam amet eu stet dolore ipsum erat ea sed et. Laoreet erat dolore consequat est dolor et labore amet vel vero. In est duis autem lorem duo sit vero at ipsum et et nonumy amet no dolore aliquyam erat stet. Diam magna eum eirmod duo duo ut accusam labore et minim dolor ipsum suscipit. No vulputate aliquip.
Sample Output H4
Amet facilisis ipsum et invidunt rebum sea nonumy dolor rebum est sea dolor. Eos at no at. Justo commodo no at tempor aliquam ut volutpat. Gubergren amet tempor amet sed sed nostrud veniam sed dolore. Eirmod voluptua dolor diam sit et tation est amet diam rebum amet stet eirmod et vel. Sanctus volutpat ut dolor eum sanctus feugiat sadipscing consetetur dolor aliquyam. Clita erat sit et diam. Consetetur lobortis eos molestie sit.
Dolore et amet amet. Voluptua ut sit est est nibh amet amet elitr et amet et id eos nulla lorem. Ut duo commodo eos amet elit sea et justo erat. Et sadipscing ut consequat sadipscing justo ullamcorper euismod amet takimata elitr dolore accusam diam. Vero duo et sadipscing zzril odio. Duo nisl sed et ut diam. Ullamcorper dolore clita. At diam et ut tempor. Et vel dolor ipsum sit no ex magna illum sed ullamcorper iriure takimata eros et facilisis. Invidunt ex est gubergren cum erat amet sed et sanctus accusam in clita.
Sample Output H4
Option at velit. Justo lobortis eos. Duis dolor commodo dolore lobortis dolores et quod consequat et luptatum nonummy soluta dolore. Eos diam eirmod voluptua possim tempor erat nisl nisl gubergren volutpat elitr. Ut ipsum voluptua iusto aliquip takimata quod takimata dolor eum erat no ea magna accusam quis.
Sanctus praesent eu rebum accumsan amet vel ipsum sea enim magna consetetur. Tempor takimata diam clita magna at gubergren diam sit takimata facilisi accusam at no. Magna est elitr sit sadipscing sit. Sadipscing consequat consetetur sed amet at dolore lorem at dolore takimata aliquyam sed labore sanctus clita sea et. Dolore kasd gubergren et sadipscing magna sed erat delenit. No ut dolor at voluptua ea takimata at dolor sit ut erat dolor adipiscing amet stet. Ea et dolor dolor labore voluptua exerci consequat sit lorem rebum aliquam ipsum lorem sit. Dolor esse facilisis sanctus dolor ea justo option ut.
More Sample Output H2
Illum cum diam vel voluptua dolor sed sanctus amet sit iriure et sea clita dolor. Et elitr est et te eirmod. Ex dolor assum sea et et ea dolor eos dolor sit velit labore eirmod magna tempor eos. Congue sit diam eos gubergren et vero sed vero ipsum. Luptatum et diam amet elitr dolore eleifend takimata. Sit volutpat magna eum justo clita hendrerit et ut sanctus no lorem eleifend ea stet eirmod est diam. Lorem rebum dolor nulla clita magna sed aliquyam takimata consetetur ullamcorper et et duis dolores eos. Justo sit est volutpat.
Lobortis duo eos praesent amet sit ut takimata molestie est rebum lorem nulla lorem sanctus et stet. Dolore vel nibh. Labore sadipscing invidunt. Sadipscing ut justo sea eos dolor vero elitr no kasd eirmod dolor elitr stet sanctus. Eos duo accumsan. Eros nisl et et soluta diam ea et feugiat exerci.
Sample Output H3
Clita labore sea sit eirmod dolor dolore tation vel aliquip erat. Enim et dignissim justo diam nulla eos et blandit at lobortis sea rebum liber et sit ipsum. Autem diam consetetur et labore takimata eos accusam lorem sanctus invidunt rebum ipsum at et at option vel. Amet diam vel dolor dignissim iriure adipiscing amet amet et eleifend in invidunt elitr. Blandit ut dolor no magna magna amet aliquyam no nibh. Lorem erat amet.
Sanctus magna velit ut ipsum stet elitr dolor sed ea stet vero et. Eos et facilisi diam diam no et vulputate aliquip no sanctus amet voluptua no et. Et duis dolores. Doming rebum dolor. Amet lorem ut facilisis magna diam ea. Justo dolore et autem ipsum accusam sadipscing ut duis labore. Erat consequat dolor tempor et dolores invidunt lorem labore sea et iusto no ipsum dolores laoreet adipiscing lorem erat. Et ullamcorper molestie dolore eirmod tempor sed sadipscing. Tempor hendrerit et kasd iriure sit sea amet cum facer vero consetetur. Labore dolore ea est stet nibh aliquyam eum facilisis est magna et dolor est rebum. Tempor dolor diam sadipscing magna.
Sample Output H4
Takimata doming ipsum vel laoreet diam dolore delenit invidunt veniam. In dolor illum feugiat vero sit rebum erat. Molestie sit justo sed stet ipsum sed feugiat nulla adipiscing sit dolores lorem illum no sed illum. Eos est consetetur invidunt. Amet diam dolor eum est diam nulla aliquyam rebum sed amet consetetur consetetur voluptua option facilisi clita. Labore sanctus consectetuer facilisis vero erat commodo sed sit lobortis invidunt no dolore dolores vel dolore at tempor duis.
Et ut et nisl sea invidunt sanctus ea duo. Et clita sadipscing gubergren et duo amet dolores eros erat amet sadipscing amet euismod lorem duis labore magna amet. Vero eos gubergren eirmod clita accusam magna. Et clita gubergren kasd dolore et ipsum ipsum eirmod takimata rebum sanctus at sed vero eos eum sit. Voluptua blandit elit aliquip consetetur eleifend dolores kasd congue dolor vero ipsum dolor ipsum sadipscing wisi. Dolor ut consetetur amet sit accumsan tation diam et est te sit. Liber in et erat est eos. Duo esse facilisis sit diam.
Sample Output H4
Amet no amet et et et blandit accusam diam ut eos no sed eos vero. Nonumy iusto ea ea enim sed dolore eros vel et ipsum ut dolores diam te erat. Stet vero duo dolores elit consetetur nonumy et molestie rebum. Rebum quis amet. Stet ut dolores diam stet nisl. Amet diam at sed sit in clita. Odio voluptua eos praesent duis lorem takimata dolor autem sed consetetur illum magna illum. Kasd est in ut tempor nonummy nonumy dolore suscipit consetetur feugiat vero diam elitr nobis dolor eum tempor. Kasd est no no duis zzril sanctus enim ipsum lorem molestie duo consectetuer dolores diam stet facilisi. Feugait aliquip kasd diam sed duo suscipit ipsum vero labore et dolore aliquyam autem magna.
Et dolore duis dolor ipsum stet stet et dolore duo at amet takimata. Et no te dolor praesent justo quis duis placerat ut consetetur vulputate et. Est justo est ullamcorper dolores feugait wisi te aliquyam sed at dolores duis sadipscing amet lorem consequat. Duo odio sed sanctus accusam amet stet amet vero et erat kasd tempor duis ipsum. Duo delenit stet amet sed.
Sample Output H3
Qui autem cum doming. Dignissim lorem sit placerat volutpat dolor et dolor lorem ipsum lorem gubergren nulla ipsum dolore sed. Justo diam stet duo aliquyam et diam tempor eum. Ut nonumy est facilisi dolor ea nihil stet sed dolore sanctus laoreet vel est dolor rebum justo. Lorem consetetur sea lorem labore eos iriure amet autem. Ipsum erat eirmod tempor nonumy accusam dolor sit dolore et adipiscing et sit accusam feugait. At sed soluta. Lorem dolores vero dolore et dolor voluptua accusam vulputate et clita clita dolore kasd elitr stet stet dolor dolor. Molestie amet dolore vero duo rebum.
Vulputate ipsum ipsum nobis diam vulputate feugait iusto sanctus sanctus. Tempor adipiscing sit ipsum erat stet sit eirmod rebum. Aliquyam dignissim sanctus gubergren est nonumy est invidunt sed stet ipsum ipsum blandit eleifend et dolores aliquyam iusto. Lorem ex facilisi takimata amet duis stet. Erat adipiscing et sanctus sed labore. Diam ad te elitr elitr et et lorem amet elitr aliquyam et.
Sample Output H4
Sit et et lobortis at no clita lobortis augue sanctus kasd ut feugiat id laoreet. Sea duis justo dolor et lorem et eirmod nonummy amet ut dolores dolor eu et et magna. Sed lorem lorem et dolore voluptua sed accusam ipsum lobortis ea. Esse consetetur ea rebum dolores lorem ipsum qui sadipscing iriure iriure facilisis diam aliquyam vero amet. Aliquyam dignissim stet doming et ad vero feugiat at dolores consetetur ut sit molestie.
Dolore lobortis tation dolor. Eos accusam duo amet dolor sit sanctus volutpat nonumy cum lorem luptatum id et duis dolor. Ea dolore sed et no et accusam aliquam. No tempor est ut sed nulla consetetur clita enim illum kasd amet sit amet sit sit ut vel. Ut accumsan wisi in et sanctus est amet amet. Eos et ipsum voluptua gubergren. Esse aliquyam iusto clita takimata dolor consequat eos amet diam ut et kasd exerci stet. Sit enim duo ut minim vel. Et invidunt elit. Erat gubergren vero.
Sample Output H4
Ut no augue lorem ipsum clita enim kasd elitr elitr accusam dolore sit eirmod nonumy. Delenit justo et nobis no laoreet facilisis. Dolor dolor no amet iriure. Quis sanctus vero amet at ipsum gubergren eos sanctus ea dolor takimata kasd accusam at. Iriure ea in sit. Laoreet vulputate elit lorem sit stet sanctus sit amet. Vero ipsum tempor sit et diam dolor stet tempor voluptua mazim. Vulputate qui dolor lorem tempor amet sit ut facilisis ipsum magna et eirmod ea dolore. At facilisi ipsum velit est. Feugait hendrerit eos. Placerat feugiat dolor dolor dignissim clita takimata stet sit voluptua imperdiet volutpat tempor at lobortis sit aliquyam nisl accusam.
Duo eos amet eirmod ipsum eos dolor at consequat amet dolore at. Sea eirmod dolore diam et gubergren ut quod ea nonumy justo et accusam consequat invidunt. Gubergren sanctus lorem sed illum eos exerci at stet diam ipsum. Et justo ad ea gubergren duo luptatum accusam rebum accusam et erat et rebum diam praesent kasd. Diam id dolores stet placerat nonumy et vel ea ipsum. Et ea tation diam clita et. Et at exerci cum aliquyam rebum rebum iusto ex ipsum no vel. Sanctus dolore imperdiet ad sit et elitr diam vero et voluptua labore rebum aliquyam velit est no. Et kasd et consetetur molestie eos sadipscing quis.